Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Get over yourself

Anger pays me a visit. I'm more busy nowadays, so I managed minimizing our encounters. It's my own shadow, no longer the darkness I had grown used to. You do get to play the all-seer but you can't always win. Every moment affords me the opportunity to get over myself and get out there and embrace the world. It's always a good feeling to come up on top, be slightly bolder, fresher, anew. It's simple, really: start small and then build from there.
No one quits smoking cigarettes or loses excess weight in one day. You gotta keep at it. And if you're already at it, then you know: there's no other way. And life will present you with bigger challenges, so long as you keep on moving forward. Are you to stop? No doubt, someday. This great show will come to an end. But until then, let's not shy away from caring; any moment is a good moment for some good old fashioned ego bashing. Go out there and don't overthink the situation, go about it as you would jumping rope. It's almost like an instinct.

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